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Über Jahrhunderte versuchte die Weyland-Yutani-Cooperation, die Aliens als Waffe zu nutzen. Doch nun scheint ihnen jemand zuvorgekommen zu sein, der den Raum der Yautja durchkämmt und die Jäger zu Gejagten macht. Angesichts der überwältigenden Macht der Rage schmieden die Vertreter der Erde eine unerwartete Allianz mit den Predatoren. Doch selbst die vereinten Kräfte der beiden Rassen könnten am Ende nicht ausreichen, um das Massaker aufhalte...

This book presents new readings of all parts of Plato's Symposium and offers fresh perspectives on topics including beauty, desire, and immortality. Students and scholars in philosophy and classics will benefit from this insightful and critical examination of a complex and influential dialogue of philosophical, historical, and literary interest.

Sharj und José untersuchen den Kompass, den der Elfenkönig Sloma ihnen geschenkt hat, und entdecken dabei einen verborgenen Mechanismus. Wie durch Zauberei transportiert er sie in eine andere Welt: nach Luciera. In Luciera herrscht, anders als der Name vermuten lässt, ewiges Dunkel. Hier leben Samira, Roma und Alma in großer Angst vor den Dajanen, einem blutrünstigen Vampirvolk, und dessen schrecklichen Anführer Golob. - Wie ist es zu dieser ...

Explores the intersection between scientific understanding and cultural representation from an interdisciplinary perspective. Contributors analyse representations of science and scientific discourse from the perspectives of rhetorical criticism, comparative cultural studies, narratology, educational studies, discourse analysis, naturalized epistemology, and the cognitive sciences.

Tu Youyou's Journey in the Search for Artemisinin is an autobiographical science book chronicling in detail the great experiences of Tu Youyou from her childhood to winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.As Tu Youyou is the first female scientist from China to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, this win created a sudden wave of interest in medicine, resulting in numerous autobiographical books about Tu Youyou appearing o...

Tu Youyou's Journey in the Search for Artemisinin is an autobiographical science book chronicling in detail the great experiences of Tu Youyou from her childhood to winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.As Tu Youyou is the first female scientist from China to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, this win created a sudden wave of interest in medicine, resulting in numerous autobiographical books about Tu Youyou appearing o...

Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world's sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen as damaging biodiversity and soil health with a negative effect on both yields and the environment. This volume summarises the wealth of research addr...

This book covers the application of computational fluid dynamics from low-speed to high-speed flows, especially for use in aerospace applications.

Wie komme ich vom Bibeltext zur fertigen Predigt? Und wie trage ich sie dann ansprechend vor?" Vor diesen Fragen stehen nicht nur Theologiestudenten, sondern auch viele, die keine theologische Ausbildung durchlaufen haben und auch in ihren Gemeinden predigen. Dieses Buch gibt verständlich und praxisnah wertvolle Hilfen. Wolfgang Klippert hat dieses Buch komplett überarbeitet und ergänzt.

Autor Holger Rüdel präsentiert zahlreiche historische Aufnahmen von Eva Nagel, Pressefotografien der Nachkriegszeit in Schleswig-Holstein. Die einzigartigen Fotografien dokumentieren eindrucksvoll Großereignisse Schleswigs, wie die Wikingertage, oder die Sanierung der Altstadt. Eva Nagels faszinierende Bilder laden zu einer Zeitreise in die bewegte Vergangenheit der Stadt ein und erinnern an vergangene Zeiten.

This is the first urban history of Rome to span its entire three-thousand-year history.

This book is for scholars, students, and general readers interested in Chinese law, China's lawyers, and criminal justice, and the fight for basic legal freedoms. It is a comprehensive study on lawyers' political mobilization in China's criminal justice system, placing Chinese lawyers' everyday struggles in comparative and historical contexts.

Curmudgeonly Japanese American gardener and unwitting detective Mas Arai is back in this fifth in the Edgar Award-winning series. Naomi Hirahara has created a memorable protagonist unlike any other: a Hiroshima survivor, Los Angeles gardener, widower, gambler, grandfather, and solver of crimes. In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and encounters family intrigue, danger, and murder.The series' most compelling an...

Addresses the history, symptoms, causes, and available treatment for video game overuse. This title examines numerous case studies and provides resources from several countries including the US, China, South Korea, and the UK. It includes a DVD with animations, color figures from the book, Web links, animations, and more.

This book presents a broad range of cases drawn from the clinical experience of authors to take readers beyond theory into real-life situations. The authors take a holistic approach by including multiple perspectives and considerations, apart from those of just the patient.

Cyprès doctrine, which allows the purpose of a failing or impractical charitable gift to be changed, has been understood since the eighteenth century as a medieval canon law principle, derived from Roman law, to rescue souls by making good their last charitable intentions. The Uses of the Dead offers an alternate origin story for this judicial power, grounded in modern, secular concerns.

A comprehensive multi-disciplinary overview of the very latest research on ageing, concentrating on three major themes: active ageing, design for ageing well and the relationship between ageing and socio-economic development.

Cryptography plays a crucial role in many aspects of today's world, from internet banking and ecommerce to email and web-based business processes. Understanding the principles on which it is based is an important topic that requires a knowledge of both computational complexity and a range of topics in pure mathematics. This book provides that knowledge, combining an informal style with rigorous proofs of the key results to give an accessible i...

A starting point for undergraduate students from across the mathematical sciences, assuming only basic linear algebra.

Partenariats de Sang, Tome 1Un magicien désespéré et un vampire désabusé et amer peuvent-ils trouver un moyen de construire un partenariat qui pourrait sauver leur monde ?Beaucoup dans ce monde secoué par la guerre magique voient les vampires comme des prédateurs, des créatures de la nuit valant moins que les humains. Pourtant, avec le conflit qui s'intensifie, la Milice de la Sorcellerie a besoin d'avantages pour inverser le cours de la guerr...